Job Description
Hays are now looking for X3 Java Developers for one of our local clients: £600 - £640 p/d Inside IR35 Hybrid - 2 days a week in Telford, the rest is WFH 6 months+ contract Role 1 – Java Engineer (Kubernetes Platform Delivery) What you'll be doing -Working within a Scrum team delivering common and technical components for a large government programme. -Building and supporting services deployed onto Kubernetes platforms, with a focus on deployment, automation and operational excellence. -Contributing to technical design, engineering standards and Agile delivery. What we're looking for -Java 17+ / Spring Boot 3+ -Kubernetes and containerised application delivery -Helm -GitLab CI/CD pipelines -Observability tooling (OpenSearch, Grafana, Prometheus, Dynatrace etc.) -Technical leadership experience -Agile delivery experience Role 2 – Java Engineer with Helm What you'll be doing -Working closely with application teams to deliver and manage services on Kubernetes. -Supporting application deployment, management, automation and pipeline development. -Helping teams adopt cloud-native engineering practices and platform standards. What we're looking for -Java and Spring Boot -Kubernetes -Helm (key requirement) -Microservices design and development -GitLab CI/CD pipelines -Containerisation -Observability and monitoring -AWS Role 3 – Senior Java Engineer (HCP / Technical Leadership) What you'll be doing -Providing technical leadership within a Java engineering team. -Supporting delivery of applications hosted on Kubernetes and HMRC Container Platform (HCP). -Coaching engineers, engaging stakeholders and driving quality-focused delivery. What we're looking for -Java -Kubernetes -HMRC Container Platform (HCP) experience -Technical leadership experience -Coaching and mentoring capability -Stakeholder management -Strong communication and team engagement skills -Quality-driven approach Desirable across all three roles Maven Git / GitLab React / JavaScript OpenAPI OAuth2 / OpenID JUnit / Mockito AWS Grafana / Kibana Microservices architecture Agile Scrum delivery Selenium / Playwright Java 17+ / Spring Boot 3+ (where not already listed as core) If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or send a copy to jonathan.davies1@hays.com #4821714 - Jonathan Davies
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